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THE 



INSTITUTION 



SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI : - 



TOGETHER WITH THE 



ROLL OF THE ORIGINAL, HEREDITARY, AND HONORARY 
MEMBERS OF THE ORDER, 



STATE OF NEW JERSEY 

From 1783 to 1866. 

PREPARED BY 

CLIFFORD STANLEY SIMS, 

A Member of the Society. 



i mm 



PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY. 
1868. 



fflxtract from the Report of the Standing Committee of the 

Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey, -iili July, 1862. 



"The Committee report that Mr. Sims has prepared a list of 
the original members, and their successors, and other matters 
of interest to the Society, and they recommend that the same 
together with the Rules aud Bye Laws be printed at the ex- 
pense of the Society for distribution among the members, and that 
a Committee be appointed to superintend the same, with power 
to revise, alter, and amend the said Rules and Bye Laws, and 
that each member at his earliest convenience forward to any 
member of the Committee all the information he can obtain 
concerning his own Revolutionary ancestor, or any deceased 
members of the Society." 

In compliance with the recommendation contained in the 
Report of the Standing Committee, the Chair appointed John 
McD.owell, Clifford Stanley Sims, and William B. 
Buck, a Special Committee to whom was referred the papers 
prepared by Mr. Sims, containing the list of original members 
and their successors, and other matters of interest to the So- 
ciety, with direction to report such alterations and additions to 
the present Rules and Bye Laws as they shall deem expedient. 

At the Annual Meeting, 4th July, 1866, the Special Com- 
mittee reported certain alterations and additions to the Rules 
and Bye Laws of the Society, which amendments were adopted,' 
and William B. Dayton was added to the Committee. 



I N T RODUCTIO N. 



JbilGHTY-TIIEEE years ago, at the cantonment of 
the American army on the banks of the Hudson river, 
the officers who for eight years had led the forces of 
the United Colonies, met for the purpose of founding a 
Society, which would perpetuate the attachments formed 
during a long period of hardship and privation. 

"We should not be surprised that their plan assumed 
an hereditary shape, and that they determined that 
the Society there formed should endure as long as 
they should endure, or any of their male posterity. 

Many dear friendships and memories had grown 
into life since 1776, and naturally they desired to do 
something to retain them ; and doubtless they thought 
that coming generations in the then young Republic. 
would do honor to their memory as the founders of a 
Government that was open to all. 

The name Cincinnati which they then gave to the 
Order, was eminently appropriate, for they were all in 
expectation of a return to civil life and its peaceful 
pursuits. 



ri PRODUCTION. 

Mai a pron inent, are and always 

Avill be n I words in this land, and for years in 

the future the 1 Revolution will be 

<. so glori 

back with pride to ancestors who fought to 

the government under wnich their descendants are 

■ 

how living. 
The foot prints at "Valley Forge have been 

away by t] ws of many winters, the hones 

battle fii ' ddered and gone, tne 

of th ers of the Colonial army has i< n- 

. and hew nanus and pre 
Intel very much of the public attention; 

still the proud memory of the brave sacrifices of 
iiiiion will live for centuries. 
It was to be expected that the formation of an 

hi.-! emerged into inde- 

. would meef with much opposition, but all 

He of the evils then predicted 

taken place; after a lapse of three generations 

ad the names of the Rc\oinli<n slii! stainless, and 

of tne Cincinnati is honored as one of 

he ] tepublic. 

id a I'nl! share in 
. and it is gratifying in tracing the subsequent 



INTRODUCTION. v jj 

history of her officers, to see that their fellow citizens 
honored them with very many of the public offices in 
their gift. 

In seven of the old thirteen Colonies, the Order of 
the Cincinnati has ceased to exist, but in the others it 
still remains, and yearly its members meet to recall 
the memories of the past, and by donations to the poor, 
carry into effect the wishes of their soldierly ancestors. 

Let us be assured that our country will be happier 
the more nearly we equal its earlier public men in 
their purity and patriotism. 



THE INSTITUTION 



SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI 



Cantonment op TnE American Army, 
on Hudson's River, 10th May, 1783. 

JrROPOSALS for 'establishing a Society, upon prin- 
ciples therein mentioned, whose members shall be 
officers of the American army, having been commu- 
nicated to the several regiments of the respective 
lines, they appointed an officer from each, who, in 
conjunction with the general officers, should take the 
same into consideration at their meeting this day, 
at which the honorable Major General Baron de 
Steuben, the senior officer present, was pleased to 
preside. 

The proposals being read, fully considered, para- 
graph by paragraph, and the amendments agreed to, 
Major General Knox, Brigadier General Hand, 
Brigadier General Huntingdon, and Captain Shaw, 
were chosen to revise the same, and prepare a copy 
to be laid before this assembly at their next meeting, 
to be holden at Major General Baron de Steuben's 
quarters, on Tuesday, the 18th instant. 
2 



Tu 

j being 
for 
< ere of 

Ffcer : 
■ 
sign 

some of 

mbrance 
s which 

do., 

- 
to one i 

/are, or 
■ , . . itiire 
judged 
l I Ar. 

gejie- 

ii] 
ilustrious 

odjig to 



I ■ 

they have fought and bled, am h the high 

rational : sing, 

"An unalterable determin 

union and 
i lion 

rnong the orhcv . 

to the 

under the 

necessity of r< ".it. 

'1 The Genei 
oomnmn: ties, and 

i 
. 
of the districts to often as 

d upon by the State 

ener, 
if the Society 1 

•r as they 
shall deem it necessary, and aft-' once 

in every three ye 

t each meeting, the of the In 

will be fully considered, 3 isures to 

mot; I bdopted. 

l State re member 

removing from one State to another, is to be consi- 
: , in. all respects, as ing to the Society of 

fce in which he shall a 



THE CIN TI. 

o have aPresident, Vice P 

den 1 . surer, 

tually, by a majority of , at the 
i 

eh State meeting shall write annualb ener, 
, to the < 

ties, of ob- 

\ , or the 
ral imio 

ball be regularly trai to the S< 

• iety, who will record them in a book 
■ >rthat pu 
"Tl ' fulate everything respect- 

I the Societies of its districts ci 

ixinis of the Cincinnati, judge of 

the qualifications of the members who may be pro- 

ly member who, by a conduct 

: and a man of honor, or 

□ to the h of the community in 

! . or t)\r Society in particular, may render him- 

unworthy to continue a member. 

"In order to form funds which may be respectable, 

and ;'ss : sf the unfortunate, each officer shall deliver to 

3urer of the State Society one month's pay, 

for ever to the use of the Stale 

only of which, it* aecessarf, to be 

appropriated to the relief of the unfortunate. 

■• i tions may be made by persons not of the 

ociety, for the express 
purpose of forming permanent funds for li ' the 

State Society, an interests of these donations 

. 1 1 1 ill of the month's 



THE CINCINNATI. 13 

« 

" Moneys, at tli o pleasure of each member, may l)e 

subscribed in the Societies of the districts, or the State 
Societies, for the relief of the unfortunate members, or 
their widows and orphans, to be appropriated by the 
State Society only. 

''The meeting of the General Society shall consist 
of its officers and a representation from each State 
Society, in number not exceeding five, whose expenses 
sua!] be borne by their respective State Societies. 

" In the general meeting, the President, Vice Presi- 
dent, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, and 
stant Treasurer-Generals, shall be chosen, to serve 
until the next meeting. 

" The circular letters which have been written by 
the respective State Societies to each other, and their 
particular laws, shall be read and considered, and all 
measures concerted which may conduce to the general 
intendment of the Society. 

"It is probable that some persons may make dona- 
tions to the General Society, for the purpose of esta- 
blishing funds for the further comfort of the unfortunate, 
in which case, such donations must be placed in the 
hands of the Treasurer-General,* the interests only of 
which to be disposed of, if necessary, by the general 
meeting. 

" All the officers of the American army, as well 
those who have resigned with honor, after three years 
service in the capacity of officers, or who have been 
deranged by the resolutions of Congress, upon the 
several reforms of the army, as those who shall have 
continued to the end of the war, have the right to become 
parties to this Institution ; provided that they subscribe 
one month's pay, and sign their names to the general 
rules, in their respective State Societies, those who are 



i 

vice, 
resolution of ■ de- 

i 

; the 
. . sii 

becoming ] i " : ' the 

" r ! fc in 

any of the Si 
the Secretary- onsidered 

.Vieh 
may happen to I 
" And 

aem- 
: ■ : "Provided 

•■ ■ ps, in 
La ratio of one to ibnr of 
the 

te Society shall list of its lnem- 

and at the firsl :\ the State S< 

archmentj two copies 
of ti 

pr to 
•e of every . ber; one 

1 bo the Secretary 
k | other 

i upjin t] ; if the State j >e< 

etary-General must make out, 



T :e (MSTC TI. 15 

at the first general meeting, a complete list of the 
■ Society, with a copy of which he will furnish 
ea Itate Secret 

'* The Society shall hi \ by which its 

members shall be known and distinguished, which 
of gold, of a proper size to receive 
the enable] ls, . ad susp< i y a deep bine ri' 

two i ;e, descriptive of the 

union of E erica, viz : ' 

" The principal figure, 

. : 1 ':': 

Three Senators presei with a sword and other military ensigns — on 

a fieid in the back-ground; his wife standing at the door of 

their Cottage — near it 

A PliOTH [17STBUMENT8 OF HUSBAND 

d the whole, 

OMNIA EELIQUIT BEEVAE3 EEMPUBLICAM, 

On the reverse, 

Sun rising — a city with open gates, and vessels entering the port — Fame 

crpwning Ciac::\NA7i> with a wreath, inscribed 

FIRTUTIS "ilUM. 

Below, 

joikbDj ■■■ o '■■ :• q ?.t i n a a heart, 
, the motto, 
E-ST.O PESPETUA. 
Round the whole, 

Qotktas QLhizinmiloxmni Jfitstitttla. 

A. D. 1783." 

The Society, deeply impressed with a sense of the 
generous assistance this country has received from 
I desirous of perpetuating the friendships 
1 Lave been formed, and so happily subsisted, 
between 3 of the allied forces, in the prose- 

cution of the war, direct, that the President-General 



16 THE CINC1 "; LTI. 

transmit, ;is soon as may be, to each of the characters 
Hereafter named, a medal containing the Order of the 
Society, viz : 
ill- Excellency the Chevalieb de la Luzerne, Minister 

dpotentiary, 
Elis Excellency the Sieub Gerard, late Minister Pleni- 

potentia 
Their Excellencies 

The Count d V. \ ra . 
The Count 
The Count de Bar:; 
The Chevalier de Touc] 
\ mirals and Commandi he Navy, 

His Excellency the Count de Rochambeau, Command* r 
in Chief, 

And the Generals and Colonels of hie army, and 
acquaint them, that the Society does itself the honor 
to consider them members. 

Besplved, That a copy of the aforegoing Institution 

he given to the senior officer of each State line, and 

Vthat the officers of the respective State lines sign their 

/names to the same, in manner and form following, viz : 

" We, the subscribers, officers of the American 

army, do hereby voluntarily become parties to the 

foregoing Institution, and do hind ourselves to observe, 

and be governed by, the principles therein contained. 

For the performance whereof we do solemnly pledge 

to each other our sacred honor. 

"Bone in the Cantonment, on Hudson's River, in 
the year 1783.". 

That the members of the Society, at the time of 
subscribing their names to the Institution, do also sign 
a drafl on the Paymaster-freneral, in the following 



THE CINCINNATI. 17 

terms (the regiments to do it regimentary, and the 
generals and otlrer officers not belonging to regiments, 
each for himself, individually), viz : 

" To John Pierce, Esquire^ : ay-Master- General to the 
■; of th ' lited States. 

: Please to pay to Treasurer for the 

State association of the Cincinnati, or his order, one 
month's pay of our several grades respectively, and 
deduct the same from the balance which shall be found 
due to us on the final liquidation of our accounts ; for 
which this shall be your warrant." 

That the members of the several State Societies 
assemble as soon as may be, for the choice of their 
President and other officers; and that the Presidents 
correspond together, and appoint a meeting of the 
officers who may be chosen for each State, in order 
to pursue such further measures as may be jii 
necessary. 

t the General officers, and the officers delegated 
to represent the several corps of the Army, subscribe 
to the Institution of the General Society, for them- 
selves and their constituents, in the manner and form 
before prescribed. 

That General Heath, General Baron de Steuben, 
and General Knox, be a committee to wait on his 
Excellency the Commander in Chief, with a copy of 
the Institution, and request him to honor the Society 
by placing his name at the head of it. 

That Major General Heath, second in command 
in this Army, be, and he hereby is, desired to 
transmit copies of the Institution, with the pro- 
ceedings thereon, to the commanding officer of the 
Southern Army, the senior officer in each State, 
3 



18 THE CINCINNATI. 

from yania to Georgia, inclusive, and to 

: officer of the Rhode Island line, 
reqiu to con: " be the same to the 

I to take 

such measur< to them necessary for 

lishment of their State Societies, 

and sending : m in the first 

i al meeting, to he holden on the first Monday in 

May, 1784. * > 

adjourned without day. 

Cantonment of tiie American ArmYj 
19th of Jane, 1783. 

a meeting of the General officers, and the 
gentlemen delegated by the respective regiments, as 
a convention for estahlishing the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati, held by the request of the President, at which 
■j present: 
lJOR General Baron de Steuben, President, 
l Howe, 
l Knox, 
Brigadi :rson, 

. . ..\D, 

[NGDON, 

I O.N; 

.LL, 

Lie .' Whitii 

Col 

\\v, 

EL Hi 

ELL, 

Colonel ( Iortlandt. 



THE CINCINNATI. 19 

General Baron de Steueen acquainted the Con- 
vention that he had, agreeably to their request, at the 
last meeting, transmitted to his Excellency the Ch 
lier de la Luzerne, Minister Plenipotentiary from 
the court of France, a copy of the Institution of the 
(Society of the Cincinnati, with their vote respecting 
his Excellency v and the o acters therein 

mentioned; and that his Excellency had ^turned 
an answer, declaring his acceptance of the same, 
and expressing the ' . . ■ be entertains of 

the honor conferred on himself, and the other, gen- 
tlemen of the French nation, by this act of the 
Convention. 

Resolved, That the letter of the ( ;r de la 

Luzerne he recorded in the proceedings of this day, 
and deposited in the archives of the Society, as a 
testimony of the high sense this Convention entertains 
of the honor done to the Society by his becoming a 
member thereof. 

The letter is as follows : 

Philadelphia, 3d Jane, 1783. 
" Sir : I have received, with much gratitude, the 
Institution of the respectable Order that the officers 
of the American army have founded. If courage, 
patience, and all the virtues that this brave army 
have so often displayed in the course of this war 
could ever be forgotten, this monument alone should 
recall them. I dare assure you, sir, that all the 
officers of my nation, that you have been pleased to 
admit in your Society, will be infinitely honored 
by it. I pray you to be u.11- | .11 feel, 

for my part, in the most lively manner, the honor 



20 T HE C] :••: CO :•; A T'l . 

She arc i deigning to 

lion. 

"I to pay my cceTlency 

, ashington, • as soon as the definitive 

treaty shall I have the honor 

Of assuring the a ctful ac- 

knc nt. 

"I sei, - of 

ig to you th i >6t perfect 

and niosl hment .. have the 
honor to he, 

i mble, and very obedient servant, 

Le Chevalier db ] sstb. 

To Baron de Sti [ajbr General in 

the service of the United States, Head Quarters." 

,; ■ "..iron ha\ i communicated a letter from 

•, enclosing a design for the medal 
and order, containing the emblems of the Institution, 
Resolved, That the bald eagle, ca the emblems 

on its blished as the or< tie Society, 

that the ideas of Major L 'Enfant, respecting it 
and the manner of its being worn by the members, 
. That the order be of the same size, and 
in every other respect conformable to the said design, 
h for that purpose is certified by the Baron de 
Steuben, President of this Convention, and to be 
deposited in the archives of the Society, as the ori;. 
from which all copies are to be made. Also, 
silver medals, not size of a Sp 

milled dollar, with the eii b; 

■ ■■ .t, and c by the : Lent, be given to 

and ev. of the Society, together with a 

diploma, on parchment, ^ edthe 



THE CINCINNATI. 21 

exact figures of the order and medal, as abovemen- 
tioned; anything in the original Institution, respecting 
gold medals, to the contrary notwithstanding. 

Major L'Enfani's letter is as follows : 



Philadelphia, 10th June, 1783. 

" My General: Immediately on receiving your letter 
of the 20th May, which I met by accident at the post 
office, on the 7th inst, I set myself about the plan of 
the medal. I send you both faces of the design, which 
I have made large, so that you may better judge of 
them. In the execution they can be reduced to a 
convenient size, which, on account of the precision 
required in the design, ought not to be less than a 
dollar, the subject being too complex to admit of its 
being properly detailed in a smaller compass. 

" I have not made it oval, agreeably to your desire, 
as such a form is not proper for a medal ; besides, it 
can be done in the execution, if the idea should bo 
persisted in of having the order in that form, to which, 
however, I think any other preferable. I also believe 
and hope that you will be persuaded of this, and 
endeavor to convince the gentleman of it who compose 
the committee for forming the Institution, and to 
whom I beg you to communicate the following ob- 
servations : 

" A medal, whether round or oval, is considered, in 
the different states of Europe, only as a reward of the 
laborer and the artist, or as a sign of a manufacturing 
community, or religious society; besides, the abusive 
custom prevailing particularly in Germany and Italy, 
of sending to France mountebanks, dancers and 
musicians, ornamented in this manner, renders it 



22 Tli E CINCINN A.T] . 

necessary to distinguish Jihis order by a form wMcli 
shall be ju'ruliiir toil elf, and which, ,will answer -the 
two-fold purpose of Lou- hose invested with it, 

and d icity, by such 

as ' 1 1 ; i ;.• be in a situation minutely to examine its 
different pari -. 

suppose one another will change 

the opinion of a republican pe customed to 

think; I onlysay, thai tution of this i 

the maiu should uder i1 respectable to 

everj body, and that it is only in appealing to the 
senses that yon can engage the attention of mon 

le, who have certa " ■. hich 

cannot be destroyed, A gentleman already invested 
with any European order would be unwilling to c 
a medal, hut if, flattered by receiving a mark of 
distinction from • ' society, he should do it, 

the manner of it would by no • the 

value of the order. On the con _' it a new 

and particular formrwill be adding; a recommendation 
real value, and engage those invested with it to 
wear it in thi th ir other military 

orders, which is the surest means of putting it at once 
upon a footing witl^them. 

"The bald eagle, which is | e uliar to this eoutinent, 

mi.' is distinguished from those of other climates by 

its whiie head, and tail, appears to me to deserve 

attention; 

u L simd you two essays which I bave made, and 

ie of them may be adopted instead of the 

bl. in one, l make supporting a star 

; thirteen points, in th< hi< li is The figure 

of the medal, with i1 i, well in frorit as 

je. A legend might ho added in the claws 



THE CINCINNATI. 23 

and go round the neck of the eagle, with a particular 
inscription, or the contour of the medal transferred 
there. In the other, I have made simply the eagle, 
supporting on its breast the figure of the medal, with 
a legend in his claws and about the neck, which passes 
behind and sustains the reverse. I would prefer the 
latter, as it does not resemble any other order, and 
bears a distinct character; nor will it be expensive in 
its execution. The first device, although more coni- 
plesf would not be so dear as people might imagine, 
especially if the execution of it should be committed 
to skillful persons, which would not be the ease any 
more than with the medal, but by sending it to 
Europe, where it would not take up a great deal of 
time, nor be so expensive as to trust the execution of 
it here to workmen not well acquainted with the 
business. 

" A medal is a monument to be transmitted to pos- 
terity; and, consequently, it is necessary that it be 
executed to the highest degree of perfection possible 
in the age in which it is struck. iSTow, to strike a 
medal well, is a matter that requires practice and a 
good die ; and as there is not here either a press proper 
for this work, nor people who can make a good die, 
I would willingly undertake to recommend the execu- 
tion of the medal, the eagle, or the order, to such 
persons in Paris as are capable of executing it to 
perfection. 

" So far from proposing to change the oval medal 
into an eagle, on which should be impressed the 
medal, I do not pretend to say medals cannot be made. 
On the contrary, my idea of the subject is that silver 
medals should be struck, at the common expense ,of 
the Society, and distributed, one to each member, as 



24 THE CINCINNATI. 

an appendage to a diploma of parchment, whereon it 
would be proper to stamp the figure of the medal, the 
eagle, or the star, in its full dimensions, and properly 
colored, enjoining on the members to conform to it, 
though leaving them the liberty, provided it be at 
their own expense, of having it made of such metal 
and as small as they . without altering any of 

the emblems. It seems to me by no means proper 
that the honorary members should wear the order in 
the same manner as the original members ; it wfculd 
be necessary that they should wear the medal, the 
star, or the eagle, round their necks, and the original 
members at the third button-hole. 

" These remarks, I beg you, my General, to have 
dated and submitted to the gentlemen cOncer 
I shall be obliged to you to let me know the issue of 
this letter, and their decision upon it. 

I have, etc. etc. etc., 

L 'Enfant. 

"1ST. B. The head and tail of the eagle should be 
silver, or enamelled in white, the body and wings gold, 
the medal on its breast and back enamelled in the 
.same color as the legend; sprigs of laurel and oak 
might be added in the wings enamelled in green J the 
star should be pointed in gold, or enamelled in blue 
and white; those who would be at the expense might, 
instead of white, have diamonds. The riband, as is 
customary in all orders, should be watered." 

Bebolved, That the thanks of this Convention be 

transmitted, by the President, to M uor, [/Enfant, for 

.'(■ and ingenuity in preparing the aforementioned. 

;ns, and that he be acquainted that they cheerfully 

embrace his offer of i i i1 bice, and request a con- 



THE CINCINNATI. j", 

tinuanee of his attention in carrying the designs into 
execution, for which purpose the President is desired 
to correspond with him. 

Resolved, That his Excellency the Commander-in- 
Chief be requested to officiate as President-General, 
until the first general meeting, to be held in May next. 

That a Treasurer-General and a Secretaiy-General 
be balloted for, to officiate in like manner. 

The ballots being taken, Major General M'Doucal,, 
was elected Treasurer-General, and Major General 
Knox, Secretary-General, who are hereby requested to 
accept said appointments. 

Resolved, That all the proceedings of this Con- 
vention, including the Institution of the Society, be 
recorded (from the original papers in his posses - 
by Captain Shaw, who at the first meeting was 
requested to act as Secretary, and that the same, 
signed by the President's secretary, together with the 
original papers, be given into the hands of Major 
General Knox, Secretary-General to the Society ; and 
that Captain; j^orth, aid-de-camp to the Baron de 
Steuben, and acting secretary to him as President, 
sign the said records. 

The dissolution of a very considerable part of the 
Army, since the last meeting of this Convention 
having rendered the attendance of some of its members 
impracticable, .and the necessity for some temporary 
arrangements, previous to the first meeting of the 
General Society, being so strikingly obvious, the 
Convention found itself constrained to make those 
before mentioned, which they have done with the 
utmost diffidence of themselves, and relying entirely 
on the candor of their constituents to make allowance 
for the measure. The principal objects of its appoint- 



THE I N A.TI. 

incut being tlm> accomplished, the members of this 
Contention think fit to dissolve the same, and it i^ 
y dissolved accordingly. 

v, Major General, 

/V; s.'tit at. 
8. Sfl IVi , Ca] ;'. 03 A.RT., 

iow. 
, A. D. C, 



0/ . retMown, 11th June, 1&83, 

The officers of the Xew Jersey Line being about 
to return to their respective places of abode, were 
! by General Dayton, to convene, for the 
ose of considering the Institution of the Society 
of the Cincinnati, and, after some time spent thereon, 
unanimously to become members, and 
scribed t] Ltution accordingly. 

The Society then proceeded to the election of offi- 
cers, to continue till title n irig, and the following 
ten we: 

• ■' n i ' ' ///. 
Lieutenant Col. J< 1 ' .. - . Via President 

1 rew Hunter, Secretary. 
Major ! • Cox, Tr 

"Doctor E Elmer, Assistant Treasurer. 

The So n adjourned to meet at Princeton, 

22d day of September next. 



THE CINCINNATI. 27 



ORIGINAL AND HEREDITARY MEMBERS. 



LIEUTENANT JAMES ANDERSON; in the Con- 
gress Regiment; admitted 4th 
July, 1787 ; Captain in the Mili- 
tia ; died 1825. 

* 

Austin Anderson — son; admitted 4th July, 1826. 

BREVET CAPTAIN ABRAHAM APPLET ON ; 

died 1808. 

REV. JAMES FRANCIS ARMSTRONG, D.D. 
CHAPLAIN to the Maryland 

Brigade ; admitted 4th July, 1789 ; 
Trustee of the College of New 
Jersey; Secretary of the Society, 
1790 to 1797; died 1816. 
Robert Livingston Armstrong — son; admitte,d 4th 
July, 1816 ; Colonel in the Militia ; 
Assistant Treasurer of the Society 
1826 to 1829 ; Treasurer 1829 to 
1833 ; died 1839. 

Commander James Francis Armstrong, U. S. N. — 
gramlson ; admitted 4th July, 1839. 

CAPTAIN DANIEL BALDWIN ; admitted 4th July, 
1788 ; lost a leg at the battle of 
Germantown ; on half pay ; died 
1816. 



•*v 



♦ 



TB E 0INGI3S X ATI. 

,ARI): Judge and 

astice ; Maj or in the A I ill tia ; 

" lent of the Society 1822 

to L824'; died 1& . 

ue Clinton b of LIEUTENANT 

,-RBER 
igiment, 
ho died in the , lltli 

Ft . 1783 ; admitted 4th 

.July, 1800; Secretary of the So- 
ciety 1811 to 1829; died 1829. 

Francis Barber — son of George Clinton Bar] 

admitted 4th July, 1832; Secre- 
tary of the Society 1852 to 1857. 

Isaac Cone Barnet — son of SURGEON WILLIAM 
BARNET of the 1st New Jersey 
Regiment, who died at the close 
of the war; admitted 4th July, 
1822. 

CA WILLIAM BARTON"; died 1802. 

Gilbert Barton — .so;;: admitted 4th July, 1806 ; died 

1812. 
Joseph L. Barton — son ; admitted 4th July, 1812. 

MAJOR JOHN BE ATT Y; Commissary General of 
Prisoners ; admitted 4th July, 
1787 ; Graduated at Princeton 
College, 17G9 ; studied medicine ; 
Delegate to the Continental Con- 
gress 1783 to 1785; Member of 
the State Convention 1 787 ; Mem- 
ber of Congress from New Jersey 



THE CINCINNATI. 29 

[MAJOR JOHN BE ATTY, continued.'] 1795 to 1797; 
Judge and Justice ; Speaker of the 
Assembly ; ten years Secretary of 
State ; Trustee of the College of 
New Jersey ; Brigadier General in 
the Militia ; Treasurer of the So- 
ciety 182-3 to 1826; died 30th 
April, 1826, aged 77. 

Richard Longstreth Beatty — son; admitted 4th July, 
1826 ; died 1847. 

John Imlay Beatty — grandson; admitted 5th July, 
1847. 

CAPTAIN ERKURIUS BEATTY; transferred from 
the Pennsylvania Society; Cap- 
tain of Infantry 1789 ; Paymaster 
1790 ; Major 1792 ; resigned 1792 ; 
Judge and Justice ; in both houses 
of the Legislature ; Colonel in the 
Militia ; Treasurer of the Society 
1811 to 1823; died 1823. 

Rev. Charles Clinton Beatty, D.D. — son; admitted 
4th July, 1823. 

ENSIGN JOHN BISHOP; deceased. 

BREVET CAPTAIN JOHN BLAIR; deceased.. 

MAJOR JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD; Presidential 
Elector 1793; Governor of New 
Jersey 1801, and 1803 to 1812; 
Brigadier General 1812 to 1815; 

Member of Congress, from New 



;>0 THE CINCINNATI. 

[MAJOli JOSEPH BLOOMEIELD, continiM.'] Jer- 
sey 1817 to 1821; nine years 
Attorney Genera] ; Trustee of the 
College of New Jersey; Major 
Genera] in the Militia; Vice Pre- 
sident of the Society 1703 to 1808 ; 
ident 1808 to 1828; died 3d 
October, 1>; 

Joseph ElUis Bloomfield — nephew'; son of Samuel 

mfield; admitted 4th July, 

1825. 

BEEVET CAPTAD LLOM BOKHAM; de- 

ceased. 

CAPTAIN JAMBS BONXEL; died 1808. 

LItfUTKNANT SETH BOWEN; Captain in the 
Militia; died 1816. 

BREVET MAJOR X lTHANjEL BOWMAN"; died 
1788. 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID BRKARLY; 
Member of the Federal and State 
Conventions of 1787 ; Presidential 
EJleicsW 1789; Chief Justice of 
New Jersey; Vice President of 
the Society 22d of September, 
. lo his death, 17th August, 
1 700. 

DiviD IIigbee Br'barlt — son; admitted 4th July, 
1800; died 1821. 



THE CINCINNATI. 31 

MAJOR JEREMIAH BRUEN ; admitted 4th July, 
1787; struck off 1806 ; no pay. 

ENSIGN ALMARINE BROOKS ; admitted 4th July, 
1787; Captain 11th Infantry 1799 
to 1800; Major in the Militia; 
died 1824. 

. YET CAPTAIN JOSEPH BUCK; horn 1758; 

Sheriff of Cumberland; Colonel 

In the Militia ; died 1803. 
John Buck — son; admitted 4th July, 1809; deceased. 
John Buck — grandson ; admitted 4th July, 1845 ; died 

lb'.* . 
William Bowen Buck — f/nnidson ; admitted 4th July, 

1856; Secretary of the Society 

since 1857. 

BR, WILLIAM BURNET, PHYSICIAN AND 
SURGEON GENERAL; admit- 
ted 4th July, 1789; Member of 
the Continental Congress 1780 to 
1781 ; deceased. 

Hon. Jacob Burnet — 2d son ; admitted 4th July, 1808 ; 
born in Newark 22d February, 
1770; graduated at Princeton 
1791; admitted to the Bar 1796; 
Member of the Legislative Coun- 
cil of Ohio 1799 to 1803 ; Member 
of the Legislature 1812 to 1821 ; 
Judge of the Supreme Court 1821 
to 1828^; U. S. Senator 1828; 
Member of the French Academy; 
died 1853. 



30 THE CINCINNATI. 

Dr. William Burnet, Jr.— Ik son of DR. WIL- 
LIAM BtT&NET, and brother of 
MAJOE ICHABOD BURNET 
of the Georgia Society, in repre- 
sentation of whom he was admit- 
ted 4th July, 1791 ; deceased. 

Joseph Burnet — son of Dr. William Burnet, Jr.; 
admitted 4th July, 1806 ; deceased. 

BREVET CAPTAIN ED*EN BURROUGHS; de- 
ceased. 
Cassius Burroughs — son: admitted 4th July, 1828. 

MAJOR JOHN BURRO WES ; Sheriff of Monmouth ; 
deceased. 

DR. GEORGE CAMPBELL, HOSPITAL SUR- 
GEON ; admitted 4th July, 1780 ; ' 
deceased. 

DR. JABEZ CAMPFIELD, HOSPITAL SUR- 
GEON; admitted 4th July, 1787; 
died 1821. 

Dr. William Campfield — son; admitted 4th July, 
1823. 

CAPTAIN ABRAHAM G. CLAYPOOLE ; trans- 
ferred from the Pennsylvania 
Society; deceased. 

BEEYET CAPTAIN SAMUEL CONN; died 1788. 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN CONWAY; 

riff of Middlesex ; deceased. 



THE CINCINNATI. 33 

MAJOR RICHARD COX ; Treasurer of the Society 
from its Institution to his death 
1816. 

William Rossell Allen — great grandson; son of 
Samuel Allen, and grandson of 
Samuel Allen and Kitty Vaughan 
Cox, the eldest daughter of Major 
Richard Cox ; admitted 4th July, 
1862. 

COLONEL JOHN NOBLE CUMMING; Judge and 
Justice; Major General in the 
Militia; Vice President of the 
Society 1808 to his death, 6th 
July, 1821. 

Robert Hooper Cumming — son; admitted 4th July, 
1823 ; Secretary of the Society 
1833 to 1850 ; died 1853. 

Alexander McWhorter Cumming — son; admitted 
4th July, 1856; Major New Jer- 
sey Cavalry 1862. 

BREVET CAPTAIN EPHRAIM DARBY; de- 
ceased. 

BRIGADIER GENERAL ELIAS DAYTON; in the 

General Assembly; Member of 
the Continental Congress 1787 to 
1788 ; Major General in the Mili- 
tia ; President of the Society from 
its organization to his death 1807. 
Elias Boudinot Dayton — 2d son ; admitted 4th July, 
1808 ; died 1846. 
5 



34 THE CINCINNATI. 

Thomas Bradbury Chandler Dayton — grandson ; ad- 
mitted 5th July, 1847 ; died 1865. 

"William Berrien Dayton — son of Aaron Ogden 
Dayton ; admitted 4th July, 1865. 

CAPTAIN JONATHAN DAYTON — eldest son of 
BRIG. GEN. ELIAS DAYTON; 

born 1756; graduated at Prince- 
ton 1776; Member of the Federal 
Convention 1787 ; Speaker of the 
General Assembly; Member of 
Congress from New Jersey 1791 
to 1799; Speaker of the same 
1797 ; U. S: Senator 1799 to 1805 ; 
Brigadier General IT. S. Army 
1798 ; died 9th October, 1824. 
Hon. Aaron Ogden Dayton — nephew ; 2d son of Ellas 
Boudinot Dayton ; admitted 4th 
July, 1832 ; Member of the Legis- 
latures of New Jersey and New 
York ; Chief Clerk State Depart- 
ment; Fourth Auditor of the 
Treasury ; died 1858. 

CAPTAIN CYRUS DE HART ; died 1832. 

Captain William ChetwoodDeIIart — son; admitted 
4th July, 1832 ; Captain 2d Artil- 
lery, A. D. C. to Major General 
Scott; Lieutenant Governor of 
Puebla during its siege 1847; 
Vice President of the Society 1842 
to 1848 ; died 21st April, 1848. 

MAJOR NATHANIEL DONNELL ; deceased. 



THE CINCINNATI. 35 

CAPTAIN JOHN DOUGHTY; admitted 4th July, 
1793; Major of Artillery 1789; 
Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry 
1791 ; Lieutenant Colonel of En- 
gineers 1798; resigned 1800; 
Brigadier General in the Militia ; 
Judge and Justice ; died 1826. 

DR. LEWIS DUNHAM, SURGEON; Colonel in the 
Militia ; Mayor of New Bruns- 
wick; died 1822. 

Dr. Lewis Dunham — son; admitted 4th July, 1823; 
died 1859. 

Robert Morris Boggs — grandson ; son of Robert Mor- 
ris Boggs and Jane Elizabeth 
Dunham, the daughter of Dr. 
Lewis Dunham; admitted 4th 
July, 1864. 

DR. EBENEZER ELMER, SURGEON; born at 
Cedarville, N. J., 1752; Member 
and Speaker of the Legislature; 
Vice President of the State Coun- 
cil; Member of Congress 'from 
New Jersey 1801 to 1807 ; Adju- 
tant General of New Jersey; 
Brigadier General in the Militia ; 
Assistant-Treasurer of the Society 
1783; Treasurer 1826 to 1829; 
Vice President 1824 to 1838 ; Pre- 
sident 1839, and 1842 to 1843; 
died 13th October, 1843. 



36 THE CINCINNATI. 

Hon. Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer — son; 
admitted 4th July, 1845; born 
1793 ; graduated at Princeton ; 
• studied law; Member of the 
Legislature 1820 to 1823 ; Speaker 
1823 ; U. S. Attorney for New 
Jersey 1824 to 1829; Member of 
Congress from New Jersey 1843 
to 1845; Attorney General 1850 
to 1852 ; Associate Judge Supreme 
Court; Vice President of the 
Society since 1862. 

LIEUTENANT ELI ELMEE; admitted 4th July, 
1787; Colonel in the Militia; 
Member of the State Convention 
1787; Sheriff of Cumberland; 
Collector of the Revenue; died 
1806. 

Tiieopilus M. Elmer — son ; admitted 4th July, 1823. 

DR. MOSES ELMER, SURGEON'S MATE ; admit- 
ted 4th July, 1788 ; deceased. 

ENSIGN PETER FALENER; Captain 11th Regi- t 
ment U. S. Army 1798 ; deceased. 

BREVET CAPTAIN MAHLON FORD; admitted 
5th July, 1793 ; wounded in St. 
Clair's defeat ; Major of Engineers 
1798; died 12th June, 1820. 

George Washington Ford — son; admitted 4th July, 
1825 ; deceased. 



THE CINCINNATI. 37 

Edward Ford — grandson; admitted 4th July, 1856. 

LEEUTENANT CHILION FORD; Colonel in the 
Militia ; died 1801. 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL JONATHAN FOR- 

M AN ; Vice President of the So- 
ciety at its organization 1783 ; 
Brigadier General in the Militia 
of New York; died 26th May, 
1809. 

COLONEL DAVID FURMAN; admitted 4th July, 
1787; Brigadier General in the 
Militia ; Judge and Justice ; Vice 
President of the Society 1791 to 
1793; deceased. 

LIEUTENANT JAMES GILES ; admitted 4th July, 
1789; Brigadier General in the 
Militia; Clerk of the County of 
Cumberland; died 1826. 

BREVET CAPTAIN LUTHER HALSEY; deceased. 

Rev. Luther Halsey — son ; admitted 4th July, 1825 ; 
Secretary of the Society 1850 to 
1852. 

DR. JACOB HARRIS, SURGEON; deceased. 

LDEUTENANT COLONEL SAMUEL HAY; Mem- 
ber of the State Convention 1787 ; 
Judge and Justice ; died 1803. 



38 THE CINCINNATI. 

Rev. Philip Cortlandt Hay — son; admitted 4th July, 
1826; Secretary of the Society 
1829 to 1830; died 1861. 

( ' A ! T A IN JOHN HEARD ; Brigadier General in the 
Militia; Surrogate of Middlesex; 
died 1826. 

William Y. Heard — son; admitted 4th July, 1832. 

CAPTAIN JAMES HEARD ; deceased. 

BREVET MAJOR WILLIAM HELMS; in the 

Legislature ; Member of Congress 
from New Jersey 1801 to 1811 ; 
Major General in the Militia ; died 
1813. 

CAPTAIN SAMUEL HENDRY; died 1824. 

Dr. John Anderson Hendry — son ; admitted 5th July, 

1824; died 1834. 
Charles Fox Hendry — grandson; admitted 4th July, 

1834. 

M A JOR JOHN IIOLLINSHEAD ; admitted 4th July, 
1787; Sheriff of Burlington ; died 

1798. 

CAPTAIN JOHN HOLMES; deceased. 

CAPTAIN JONATHAN HOLMES; deceased. 

ENSIGN JOHN HOPPER; admitted 4th July, 1787; 
killed in St. Clair's defeat, 4th 
November, 1791. 



THE CINCINNATI. 39 

MAJOR RICHARD HOWELL ; Member of the State 
Convention 1787; Clerk of the 
Supreme Court; Governor of New 
. Jersey 1794 to 1801 ; died 1802. 

CAPTAIN JOHN" ; HOWELL; deceased. 

REV. ANDREW HUNTER, CHAPLAIN; Member 
of the State Convention 1787; 
Trustee of the College of New 
Jersey ; Professor of Mathematics 
in the same; Secretary of the 
Society 1783 to 1790, and 1797 to 
1811; died 1823. 

i 

ENSIGN JACOB HYER, son of Colonel Jacob Hyer, 
who commanded the Princeton 
Regiment during the Revolution ; 
died 1812. 

William Hyer — brother; admitted 4th July, 1815; 
Clerk of the Supreme Court of 
New' Jersey; died 1840. 

Alexander Chambers Hyer — nepheiu ; son of Wil- 
liam Hyer ; admitted 4th July, 
1842. 

BREVET CAPTAIN WILLIAM KERSEY; Major 
U. S. Army ; died 1800. 

BREVET CAPTAIN JOHN KINNEY; admitted 
4th July, 1791 ; Major in the Mili- 
tia; deceased. 



40 THE CINCINNATI. 

LIEUTENANT ABKAHAM KINNEY ; transferred 
from the Connecticut Society; 
struck off 1810; no nay. 

BREVET CAPTAIN" SHEPARD KOLLOCK; ad- 
mitted 4th July, 1791 ; born 1750 ; 
Colonel in tlie Militia ; Judge and 
Justice ; died 1838. 

John McDowell — grandson; admitted 4th July, 1840 ; 
changed his name to McDowell; 
Treasurer of the Society since 
1854; Assistant Treasurer-Gene- 
ral since 1863. 

CAPTAIN DERRICK LANE ; Colonel in the Mili- 
tia ; deceased. 

MAJOR BENJAMIN LED YARD ; transferred from 
the New York Society, 4th July, 
1788; deceased. 

CAPTAIN NATHANIEL LEONARD ; deceased. 

BREVET MAJOR RICHARD LLOYD; in the 
Congress Regiment; deceased. 

William Lloyd — brother; admitted 4th July, 1795; 
born 1757; died 1837. 

William Lloyd — nephew; son of William Lloyd; 
admitted 4th July, 1837. 

ENSIGN FRANCIS LUCE; deceased. 

( ' A I'TAIN ABSALOM MARTIN ; died 1802. 






THE CINCINNATI. 41 

CAPTAIN GILES MEAD ; admitted 4th July, 1787 ; 
deceased. 

CAPTAIN ALEXANDER MITCHELL ; deceased. 

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL MATTHIAS 

OGDEN; in . the Legislature; 

Presidential Elector 1789; died 

1791. 
George Montgomery Ogden — son; admitted 4th 

July, 1800 ; died 1824. 
Francis Barber Ogden — son; admitted 4th July, 

1825 ; died 4th July, 1857. 

CAPTAIN AARON OGDEN; born 1756; gradu- 
ated at Princeton 1773 ; Presi- 
dential Elector 1797; Trustee of 
the College of New Jersey; U. 
S. Senator 1801 to 1803; Go- 
vernor of New Jersey 1812 to 
1813; President of the Society 
1824 to 1839; Vice President- 
General 1825 to 1829 ; President- 
General 1829 to 1839 ; died 1389. 

Matthias Ogden — son; admitted 4th July, 1839; 
died 1861. 

Hon. Elias Boudinot Dayton Ogden — son; admitted 
4th July, 1861 ; Associate Judge 
Supreme Court of New Jersey; 
died 1865. 

Frederick Beasley Ogden — grandson; admitted 4th 
July, 1865. 

6 



42 THE CINCINNATI. 

BREVET CAPTAIN BENA J All OSMAN; Colonel 
in the Militia; deceased. 

BREVET CAPTAIN JOHN PECK; deceased. 

CAPTAIN ROBERT PEMBERTON; died 1788. 

BREVET CAPTAIN WILLIAM SANFORD PEN- 
NINGTON; in the Legislature; 
Judg« of the Supreme Court; 
Governor of New Jersey 1813 to 
1815 ; died 1826. 

James Adolpiius Pennington — grandson; son of 
James Pennington ; admitted 4th 
July, 1836 ; died 1859. 

Eon. "William Pennington • — son; admitted 4th July, 
1859; Governor of New Jersey 
1837 to 1844 ; appointed hy Pre- 
sident Taylor, Governor of Minne- 
sota, but declined; Member of 
Congress from New Jersey, and 
Speaker 1859 to 1861 ; Assistant- 
Treasurer of the Society 1833 to 
1839; died 16th February, 1862. 

William Sanford Pennington — grandson; admitted 
4th July, 1865 ; Secretary of the 
U. S. Legation to France 1861 to 



5 



1865. 



CAPTAIN JONATHAN PHILLIPS; died 1801. 
Eoratio Gates Phillips — son; admitted 4th July, 

1806 ; died 1860. 
Jonathan Dickinson Phillips — grandson; admitted 

4th July, 1860. 



THE CINCINNATI. 43 

CAPTAIN WILLIAM PIATT; killed in St. Clair's 
defeat, 4th November, 1791. 

BREVET CAPTAIN JACOB PIATT; admitted 5th 
July, 1785 ; Judge and Justice in 
Kentucky ; deceased. 

John Jay Plume; transferred from the New York 
Society 4th July, 1827 ; Major in 
the Militia ; Secretary of the Soci- 
ety 1830 to 1833. 

CAPTAIN JOHN POLHEMUS; admitted 4th July, 

1786 ; deceased. 
John Hart Polhemus — grandson; son of Richard 
Montgomery Polhemus ; admit- 
ted 4th July, 1860. 

MAJOR SAMUEL READING; Colonel in the Mili- 
tia; deceased. 

ENSIGN JOHN READ ; deceased. 

LIEUTENANT ANTHONY RECKLESS ; admitted 
4th July, 1787 ; died 1817. 

Joseph Warren Reckless — son ; admitted 4th July, 
1818 ; Assistant-Treasurer of the 
Society 1829 to 1833; Treasurer 
1833 to 1838 ; died 1849. 

BREVET CAPTAIN JOHN REED ; Captain U. S. 
army ; killed at St. Clair's defeat, 
4th November, 1791. 

BREVET CAPTAIN JOHN RENCASTLE; Cap- 
tain U. S. Army; died 1808. 



44 THE CINCINNATI. 

BREVET CAPTAIN JONATHAN RHEA; Clerk 
of the Supreme Court of New 
Jersey ; Presidential Elector 1796 ; 
Quarter Master General of New 
Jersey; died 1815. 

Richard I. Rhea — son; admitted 4th July, 1816; 
died 1817. 

MAJOR JOHN ROSS ; only son of Dr. Alexander 
Ross, Surgeon in the New Jersey 
Line; born 1752; studied medi- 
cine ; Colonel in the Militia ; Col- 
lector of the Revenue for the 
county of Burlington; died 1796. 

.\lkxander Ross — son; admitted 4th July, 1807; 
died 1808. 

Clifford Stanley Sims — great grandson ; son of John 
Clarke Sims and Emcline Marion 
Clark, the daughter of John Lard- 
ner Clark and Sophia Marion 
Ross, the daughter of Major John 
Ross; admitted 4th July, 1861; 
Assistant Pay Master IT. S. Navy 
1862 ; Judge Advocate General of 
Arkansas 1864. 

Joseph Warren Scott —son of SURGEON MOSES 
SCOTT ; admitted 4th July, 1825 ; 
Presidential Elector 1825; Vice 
President of the Society 1840 to 
1842; President since 1844; As- 
sistant Treasurer-General 1832 to 
1838; Treasurer-General since 
1838. 



THE CINCINNATI. 45 

BREVET CAPTAIN SAMUEL SEELEY; Briga- 
dier General in the Militia of 
Pennsylvania ; deceased. 

COLONEL ISRAEL SHREVE; in the Legislative 
Council ; Judge and Justice ; de- 
ceased. 

LIEUTENANT JOHN SHREVE ; deceased. 

BREVET CAPTAIN SAMUEL MOORE SHUTE; 
Major in the Militia; died 1817. 

Enoch Shute — brother; admitted 4th July, 1817; 
deceased. 

"William Shute — nephew; son of Enoch Shute; ad- 
mitted 4th July, 1826. 

BREVET CAPTAIN WILLIAM SHUTE; Major 
* U. S. Army ; Judge and Justice ; 
Vice-President of the Society 1838 
to 1840 ; President 1840 to 1842 ; 
Vice President-General 1839 to 
1842 ; died 1842. 

LIEUTENANT JONATHAN SNOWDEN; Captain 
U. S. Army; deceased. 

COLONEL OLIVER SPENCER; died 1811. 

Dr. Oliver Hatfield Spencer — grandson; son of 
Robert Spencer; admitted 4th 
July, 1811 ; died 1824. 

Robert Dayton Spencer — great grandson; admitted 
4th July, 1836 ; Treasurer of the 
Society 1838 to 1854 ; died 1856. 



4(3 THE CINCINNATI. 

UEUTEXAXT MOSES SPROWL5 died 1820. 

DR. EBEXEZER STOCKTON, SURGEON; trans- 
ferred from the New Hampshire 
Soeiety 4th July, 1789: deceased. 

Robert Stockton — son ; admitted 5th July, 1847. 

C A 1 'TATTST JOHN STOTESBURY ; transferred from 
the Pennsylvania Society 4th July, 
1703; deceased. 

BREVET CAPTAIN WESSEL TENBROOK 
STOUT ; Colonel in the Militia ; 
died IS 10. 

Richard Montgomery Stout — son; admitted 5th 
July, 1824; deceased. 
-el Texbrook Stout — grandson; admitted 4th 

July, 1857 ; died 1862. 

« 

BREVET CAPTAIN ABRAHAM STOUT; de- 
ceased, 

LIEUTENANT CORNELIUS 6UYDAM; Captain 
U S. Army; deceased. 

BREAST CAPTAIN EDMUND DISNEY THO- 
MAS; died 1817. 

George Cumins Thomas — brother; admitted 4th July, 
1817 ; Vice President of the Soci- 
ety 1848 to 1861 ; died 1861. 

James Provoost Thomas — wepJu w ; son of George C 
Thomas : admitted 4th July, 1863. 

UEtTTENANT WILLIAM TFTTLE; died 1836. 



THE CINCINNATI. 47 

DR. JOHN FRAXCIS YACHER, -SURGEON; 

transferred from the Xew York 
Society 5th July, 1802 ; died 1807. 

BREYET CAPTAIN GEORGE WATVKfe; de- 
ceased. 
Aaron T. Walker — brother; admitted 4th July, 
1842; died 1849. 

CAPTAIN ABEL WEYMAN; died 1788. 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANTHONY WALTON 
WHITE; Brigadier General in 
the Provisional Army of U. S. 
1798; Surrogate of Middlesex; 
Adjutant General of New Jersey; 
died 10th February, 1803. 

BREYET CAPTAIN EPHRAIM YTnTELOCK; 

Major in the Militia; died 1826. 
William Y^hitelock — son; admitted 4th July, 1827; 
died 1853. 



4^ THE CINCINNATI 



The following rule was adopted by the Society at 
its annual meeting. 4th July. I860.: 

If any Honorary member heretofore elected, or 
hereafter to be elected, shall refuse or neglect to attend 
two successive annual meetings of the Society, and no 
satisfactory reason shall be assigned for the same, such 
refusal or neglect shall be construed to be, ipso facto, 
a resignation of his membership, and the Society may 
thereupon, according to the rules, proceed to elect 
some other in his place. 



THE 



HO 



: 4th 1863 

in 

Hon. Elias Boudinot ; elected 21 

born at Philadelphia 2d . lied 

and 
Speaker of Cong] 2; Com- 

missary General of Prison evo- 

:he ado^ 
of the Con* : Director of the 

United I . liege of I 

Jersey; died 1824. 

Hon. Jacob 1 of Ohio; elected 

resi . 

ditary mem' 

Tho:: 

aeral of - 

■ 
73 : studied m, 
1810; S] 

I 

'■" : elected 4th July, 1 

7 



50 tit jo cin< ::■■::; A 

n; elected 4th July, 1 
ted at Princeton 1789; stu- 
tovedto La; Recoi 

of Iphia; I < U w ral of 

Pe returned to New Jersey ; in the 

Legislature; Judge of the Supreme Court; 
Governor of New Jersey 1815 to 1817; U. ! . 
■• 1817 to 1834; IT. S. Minister to Russia 
1834; Secretary of the Navy 1834 to 1838; 
h October, 1- 5 . 

Cj ■ : ! July, 1828 ; horn 

1780; graduated at Princeton 1798; studied 
Law ; Chief Justice of New Jersey 1824 ; died 

IIox. Frelii :.-: ; elected 24th Sep- 

:ber, 1783 ; borr 1753 ; graduated 

at Princeton 1770; studied Law; in 1 
houses of the Legislature ; C i if Volunteer 

Corps of Artillery in the of Trenton 

and Monni the former of which he is 

said to have killed Rhalle the Plessian com- 
mander; Colonel, in I utia during the 
Revolution; Member of Congress 1778 to 1779, 

or 1793 to 1796, 
lie resigned; Major General in the Mili- 
tia; Trustee of the College of "'■•'■ ey; (Vied 
131 

Theodore 

so,, of Hon. Theodore . 

. I ■ , . 

. 



THE CINCINNATI. 51 

Hon. Theodore Frelingkuysen ; elected 4th July, 
1828; born 28th March, 1787; son of Hon. 
Frederick Frelinghuysen ; graduated at Prince- 
ton 1804; studied Law; Attorney General of 
New Jersey 1818 to 1829 ; IT. S. Senator 1829 
to 1835 ; Chancellor of the University of New 
York 1835 to 1850; President of Rutgers Col- 
lege 1850 to his death, 12th April, 1862. 

Brigadier General David Furman ; elected 23d 
September, 1783; resigned 4th July, 1787, on 
being received as an original member. 

Hon. Thomas Henderson; elected 24th September, 
1783 ; graduated at Princeton 1761 ; Jiulge of 
the Court of Common Pleas ; Member of Con- 
gress 1779 to 1780, and 1795 to 1797 ; Presi- 
dential Elector 1792; Lieutenant Colonel in 
the Militia; Lieutenant Governor of New 
Jersey; dead. 

Hon. Robert Lettice Hooper ; elected 24th September, 
1783 ; Commissary in the Army of the Revolu- 
tion ; Vice President of New Jersey ; dead. 

Hon. "William Livingston; elected 23d September, 
1783 ; Member of Congress 1774 to 1776 ; in 
the Federal Convention 1787; Governor of 
New Jersey from September, 1776, to his death 
25th July, 1790. 

Hon. William Pennington ; elected 4th July, 1831 ; 
resigned 4th July, 1859, on becoming an 
hereditary member. 



52 THE CINCINNATI. 

on; elected 4th July, 1859. 

Hon. hard'; elected 4th July, 1833; 

n 1787 'p(l at Princeton 1804 ; 

died Law; Judge of the Supreme Court 1815 ; 
!'; • lector 1821 ; U. S. Senator 1821 to 

18 to 1830; At- 

tor Jersey 1831 ; ■ •nor 

of New Jersey 1832 to 1833; U. S. Senator 
1833 to 1842; President of the L r . S. Senate 
1841 ; died 25th June, 1842. 

Charles S. Stewart; elected 5th July, 1847; 
Chaplain l r . S. Navy; r 

Hon. Garret D. Wall ; elected 4th July, 1828 ; born 
1783 : lied Law; Clerk of the Supreme 

Court 1812 to 1817; commanded a Volunteer 
Company in defence of Sandy Hook 1812; 
Quarter Master General of New Jersey 1815 to 
1837; in the Legislature 1827; U. S. Attorney 
for New Jersey 1829 ; elected Governor of New 
Jersey in 1829, but declined; IT. S. Senator 
1835 to 1841 ; Judge of the Court of Errors and 
Appeals 1848 ; died 22d November, 1850. 

Hon. Isaac H. AVilliamson ; elected 4th July, 1842 ; 
Governor of New Jersey 1817 to 1829; dead. 



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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCIN- 
NATI OF NEW JERSEY. 



Presidents. 

Elected. 

1783. Elias Dayton. 
1808. Joseph Bloomfield. 
1824. Aaron Ogden. 

1839. Ebenezer Elmer. 

1840. William Shute. 
1842. Ebenezer Elmer. 
1844. Joseph Warren Scott. 



Vice Pres kJei 1 is. 

Elected. 

1783. Jonathan Forman. 
1783. David Brearly. 
1791. David Furman. 
1793. Joseph Bloomfield. 
1808. John Noble Gumming. 
1822. Jeremiah Ballard. 
1824. EbEnezer Elmer. 
1838. William Shute. 
1840. Joseph Warren Scott. 
1842. William C. De Hart. 
1848. George C. Thomas. 
1862. Lucius Q. C. Elmer. 



54 THE CINCINNATI. 

Secretaries. 

El.Kl : D 

1783. Rev. Andrew Hunter. 
1790. Rev. Jas. Francis Armstrong. 
1797. Rev. Andrew Hunter. 
1811. George Clinton Barber. 
* J 1829. Rev. Phillip Cortlandt Hay. 
1830. John Jay Plume. 
1833. R. H. Gumming. 
1850. Rev. Luther Halsey. 
1852. Francis Barber. 
1857. William B. Buck. 



Treasurers. 

Elected. 

1783. Richard Cox. 

1811. Erkurius Beatty. 

1823. John Beatty. 

1826. Ebenezer Elmer. 

1829. Robert Livingstone Armstrong. 

1823. J. W. Reckless. 

1838. Robert I). Spencer. 

1854. John McDowell. 



Assistant- Treasurers. 

Elected. 

1783. Ebenezer Elmer. 

1826. Robert Livingstone Armstrong. 

1829. J. W. Reckless. 

1833. William Pennington. 



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BYE LAWS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CIN- 
CINNATI OF NEW JERSEY. 



* 



First. The Society shall hold an annual meeting on 
the fourth clay of July, unless that day shall fall on 
Sunday, in which case the meeting shall he held on 
the day following. 

Second. Nine members of the Society shall be 
necessary to constitute a quorum. 

Third. The officers of the Society shall be a Presi- 
dent, a Vice President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, 
and they shall be elected by ballot at each annual 
meeting, and they with seven members of the Society 
to be elected in the same manner and at the same 
time, shall constitute the Standing Committee. 

Fourth. At each annual meeting there shall be 
elected by ballot, five delegates to represent the Society 
in any meetings of the General Society which may be 
held during the ensuing year. 

Fifth. The President, and in Ms absence the Vice 
President, shall preside at all meetings of the Society, 
and shall preserve order in the course of proceedings, 
according to the parliamentary rules of deliberative 
assemblies. 

Sixth. The Secretary shall have custody of the 
books and papers of the Society, and shall record the 
minutes of all meetings in a fair and legible hand. 



56 THE CINCINNATI. 

Seventh. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys 
belonging to the Society, either as interest on the 
permanent fund or from other sources, and shall keep 
regular accounts, which at the annual meeting will be 
inspected by the Standing Committee. 

IJciiTii. rt shall be the duty of the Standing Com- 
ree to take charge of the general concerns of the 
Society, and of such matters as may be specially 
entrusted to them, to examine all claims, and if just 
authorize their payment, and to recommend donations 
to the families of deceased members, in such cases as 
they shall judge worthy of relief. 

Ninth. The Secretary shall note in the book pro- 
vided for that purpose, the dates of the deaths of 
members ; the names of their successors, with the dates 
of their admi ; the various National, State, or 

Society offices which any member may fill; and such 
other memoranda as may be proper. 

Tenth. The members of the Society shall be con- 
sidered as bound in honor to keep secret any matter 
offered in debate, or any individual opinion expressed re- 
spectingiiieadmission,election, or expulsion of meml 

Eleventh. At the annual meetings, the Declaration 
of Independence shall be read, and an appropriate 
oration deliv<. 

law or rule shall be altered oi- 
led unless such chan I . e been proposed 
at one annual meeting ai id to at the next: but 
the ;m lei. vote may in peculiar or 
extra lances suspend the operation of 
or rule. 

each mual neeting the Soci 
shall appoint th< • at which bl unual 

meeting; will I 



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Fourteenth. All investments of the funds of the 
Society, which shall be in the securities of the United 
States or of one of the said States, shall he in the 
names of three trustees, and the survivors of them, as 
joint tenants. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the 
office of either of such trustees the place shall be filled 
by the Society at its next annual meeting ; but if at a i v 
time there arise two vacancies it shall be the duty of the 
Standing Committee forthwith to fill the same, which 
appointments shall be valid until others be appointed 
by the Society. 

Fifteenth. The Standing Committee shall have 
power from time to time, with the concurrence of the 
trustees, to call in any of the moneys belonging to the 
Society, and to invest the same, and to change the 
investments of the funds of the Society. 

Sixteenth. The Standing Committee shall have 
power to appoint proper persons to fill any offices or 
places which shall become vacant by death, resignation 
or otherwise ; such appointments to continue until the 
office or place be filled by the Society at an annual 
meeting; and all officers, delegates, trustees, and 
members of committees, shall continue in their 
respective authorities until other appointments are 
made in their stead. 

Seventeenth. Extraordinary meetings may be called 
by the President, or in case of his death, absence, or 
inability to act, by the Vice President. 

Eighteenth. The ancient customs of the Society 
shall remain unimpaired. 

At the annual meeting of I the Society, 4th July, 
1798, " Colonel Ooden, General Bloomeield, and 
General Giles, were appointed a committee to pre- 
pare a draft of an address to the President of the 
8 



58 



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■ pf our entire approbation of 
his firm and wise administration, and our unshaken 
Lpport with our persons and property 
every constil aeasure of our country." 

The Committee- Lted reported a draft which 

being considered and amended was unanimously 
to and adopted, -and was as follows: 

" To John Adams, 

President of the United States. 

The members of the Society of the Cincinnati of 
New Jersey this day convened at their annual meeting, 
for the purp ' perpetuating their friendships^ and 

of commemorating together the great events which 
gave Independence to the United States, do now beg 
leave in common with our fellow citizens, to address 
our chief magistrate, for the purpose of expressing our 
entire ion with his administration of the 

government, and in particular as it relates to the 
injuries and insults which have been received from the 
French Republic, as also of making assurance of our 
readiness again to take the field in obedience to any 
II of our country, in vindication of its national honor, 
and in support of that Independence, for the esta- 
blishment of which, we patiently endured the toils, 
•!■ dships and dangers, of an eight years' war. 
"Whilst we contemplate another and perhaps more 
arduous struggle for the Iridepe tdence of our country, 
are too sensible of its cost and value, not to be 
willing again and again, to put our lives and all we 
held dear on earth, at the hazard, and should our 
atry, by bine divisions (which we 

trust are vainly counted upon), fail in asserting her 



THE CINCINNATI. 59 

national rights against the aggressions of that ambitions 
and haughty nation, which in pursuit of her objects, 
sets at defiance all laws human and divine, we shall 
consider that all our labors and victories past, shall 
have been in vain, and that the Independence, which 
we are this day celebrating, will, instead of being a 
blessing to us, only show our folly in assuming rights 
we had not the spirit to defend. 

Under these solemn impressions, we pray you, Sir, 
to place the utmost reliance on the sincerity of our 
declaration, when we profess our readiness to offer on 
the altar of our country, whatever services may be 
derived from that knowledge and experience in military 
affairs, acquired by us during the Revolutionary war, 
and which yet remains after the deaths of so many of 
our companions in arms : and we trust, Sir, that new 
and still more glorious victories are in store for us, 
when we shall have rallied at the voice of our country, 
under that renowned veteran and beloved chief, who 
in times which tried men's souls, victoriously conducted 
us to peace and safety, and whose appointment, this 
day announced, fills our hearts with the most enthusi- 
astic joy and transport. 

By unanimous order of the Society. 

Elias Dayton, President 
Attest. 
Andrew Hunter, Secretary." 

On motion 

" Resolved, That the President do sign the said 
address, and that it be attested by the Secretary, and 
that the President, Major General Bloomfield, 
Brigadier General Beatty, Brigadier General 
Giles, and the Rev. Mr. Armstrong, be a commitiee 
to present the same." 



6(J 'I'll E C] NCINNATI. 

•• Res ' I the members of the Society 

who can make it convenient to apeompany the com- 
e invited t attend." 

At the annual meeting of the Society, 5th July, 

. "the President reported that the committee 

appointed for thai purpose, presented the address of 

Society to the President of the United States, and 

the following answer was returned, viz:" 

"To the members of the Soeietyof the Cincinnati 

in the State of Xew ; . . 

Geri . I thank you for this address. It was 

impossible for you to assemble on the fourth of July, 
for the purpose of perpetuating your friendships and 
commemorating together (he great events, which gave 
[ndependence to these United States, without feeling 
Leep impression of the present -late of the nation, 
and the interesting prospect before it. 

The entire satisfaction of your Society with my 

tration of the Government, and m particular, as 

to the injuries and insults that have been 

received from the French Republic, is very dear to 

me; the assurance of your readiness again to take the 

in obedience t<> the call of your country, in 

vindication of its national honor, and in support of 

that sovereignty, for the establishment of which, you 

patien d the toils, hardships and dangers of 

an (■!_' •' war, is wry satisfactory to me. 

on and severity of that future struggle 
>u pave in contemplation, will depend in Borne 
-ire ;i|ioii the powers of Europe. If a combina- 
tion should be formed, to arrest the progress of the 
most dangerous ai tctive power that 

threatened the liberties <>!' Europe, your exertions may 
distressing; but, if the principal remaining 



THE CIN< TI. 61 

barrier to French tyranny should be broken down, 
America must prepare for a severer trial than she ever 
experienced; If Americans are caplable of intestine 
tons wl ; assist sneh an enemy, in such a 

cause, all our past lives and labors have been in vain. 
I hope and beli things of * my countrymen, 

and place the utmost reliance on the sincerity of your 
declaration, wlieu you oiler on the altar of your 
country titie services which maybe derived from that 
knowledge and experience in military affairs, acquired 
by you, in the lasi war. 

May new and still more glorious victories, if 
necessary for the rights of your country and mankind, 
be still iu -tore for you, under that renowned veteran 
and belo 1 e appointment could not fail 

to till your hearts with the most enthusiastic joy and 

transport." 

John Adams. 
PhU . July (!/A, 1798. 

At the annual meeting 4th July, 1800, the Society 
directed the following testimonial to the memory* of 
Washington to be entered on the minutes: 

dndet the most profound impression of veneration 
and affection, the ;- of the Cincinnati, at a 

general meeting, are called upon to express the 
mournful tribute of their sorrow, at that awful dis- 
pensation of Pro 1 ' which has recently removed 
from their councils, their much revered atfd lamented 
Presi lent-* l-eneral. 

The arduous, though successful struggle Which 
terminated in establishing the liberties of our country, 
and in which they fought under his banners, and 
shared with him the dangers and toils of the field, 



62 THE CINCINNATI. 

hed him to this Society by $es, of the most 

intimate and eri . Eis valor and prudence 

seemed to controul the events of war, led the American 

ss to victory., and achieved the Independence of 

■ country. Whilst mingling their tears with those 

■eir fellow citizens, they are naturally impelled to 

pour out the effusions of a deeper regret, for the 

irreparable loss which they have sustained. 

But it is not only in their relationship to this illus- 
trious character, as soldiers, that the Society of the 
Cincinnati have cause to deplore his loss. 

"When the storm of war had ceased to rage, and the 
blessings of peace had been restored, their country 
was suffering under the weakness of a confederation, 
which threatened the existence of that union, which 
their joint efforts in arms had so essentially contributed 
to establish. 

With his auspicious cooperation, a constitution was 
formed, calculated by its wisdom and energy, to 
redeem us from that prostrate state, to which we had 
been reduced, and to restore that reputation which 
our country had lost, from the imbecility of. the old 
system. The administration of the government was 
committed to his eare, and his country will ever hold 
in grateful remembrance, the inflexible virtue and 
fortitude, with which he conducted its affairs, and 
saved it from the effects of domestic faction and 
foreign intrigue. 

At'; ' >nd retirem q the active scenes of 

public life, in which his merits as a si I a, rivalled 

tn< as soldier, his country at the approach of 
(lunger, again required his services] The crisis was 
i i . ■ , : i deli ate : — A nation which 

bad mingled its blood with ours, in the defence of our 



THE CINCINNATI. , 63 

liberties, had now assumed a hostile appearance; a 
war from this unexpected quarter threatened the peace 
of our country. 

Washington, who never hesitated when urged by a 
sense of duty, obeyed the call of the government. 
He again abandoned his beloved retirement, hazarded 
a reputation, consummate in every point of view, and 
assumed the command of the armies. His military 
companions who had frequently witnessed the magna- 
nimity of his conduct in seasons of adversity, as well 
as of triumph, felt the full force of their country's 
appeal to arms, whilst Washington was their leader. 

In this momentous crisis of our affairs, by the 
inscrutable decrees of Heaven, he was snatched from 
America and the world. 

Under this pressure of calamity, which more pecu- 
liarly operates upon the sensibilities of this Society, 
their only consolation is derived from the animating 
reflection, that although he is summoned to the enjoy- 
ment of the happy destinies of a future state, the bright 
example of his virtues and talents will still survive, 
and the inheritance of his name prove a future incentive 
to heroes and legislatures, who will strive to emulate 
his fame, and merit the glory he has acquired. 



T HE C 1 X C I x >; A T ; . 



[OUNT OF ONE MONTH'S P 

Of their Several Grades C led by the Original Mcm- 

h rs of the Society of the Cincinn . 

Army — Major Generals, $180 ami $166 respect- 
ively; Brigadier G-enerals, $125; Colonels and Lieu- 
tenant Colonels commanding Artillery, $100 ; Cavalry, 
$93.67; Infantry, $75; Lieutenant Colonels, $60 
jors, Artillery and Cavalry, $62.$5 ; Infantry, $50 
Captains, Artillery and Cavalry, $50 ; Infantry, $40 
Captain-Lieutenants and Lieutenants, Artillery, $33.30 
Infantry, $26.00; Chaplains, $75; Surgeons, 
Surgeon's Mates, $46. 

Navy — Captains, $60; Lieutenants, $30. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SOCIETY 
OF THE CINCINNATI OF NEW JERSEY. 

The funds of the Society, amounting to thirteen 
thousand five hundred dollars, are invested in United 
States ' k Five Twenty" Bonds. 

Since the formation of the Society, there has been 
expended, for printing, expenses of the annual meet- 
. certificates, etc., the sum of eleven thousand 
eight hundred and twenty-one dollars and twenty- 
eight cents; and for benevolent purposes, the sum of 
ty-five thousand six hundred and twenty-nine 
dollars and thirty-one ce] 

" [cDowell, Treasurer.. 

.In!;.. I I. 



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OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF 
THE CINCINNATI. 



Presidents- General. 

Elected- 

1783. George Washington. 
1800. Alexander Hamilton. 
1805. Chas. Cotesworth Pinckney. 
1825. Thomas Pinckney. 

1829. Aaron Ogden. 
1839. Morgan Lewis. 
1844. William Popham. 
1848. Henry A. S. Dearborn. 
1854. Hamilton Fish. 

Vice Presidents- General. 

Elected. 

1784. Horatio Gates. 
1787. Thomas Mifflin. 

1799. Alexander Hamilton. 

1800. Chas. Cotesworth Pinckney. 
1805. Henry Knox. 

1811. John Brooks. 
1825. Aaron Ogden. 
1829. Morgan Lewis. 
1839. William Shute. 



66 THE CINCINNATI. 

Vice Presidt nts- General — continued. 

I'll.KI TED. 

1S44. Horace Binnbt. 
1848. Hamilton Fish. 
1854. Charles S. Daveis. 
1866. James W. Sever. 

Secretaries- General. 

Elected. 

1783. Henry Knox. 
1799. William Jackson. 

1829. Alexander W. Johnston. 
1857. Thomas McEuen, M.D. 

Assistant Secretaries- General. 

Elected. 

1784. OTno H. Williams. 
1787. George Turner. 
1790. William McPherson. 
1799. Nathan Dorsey. 
1802. William D. Bell. 

1811 

1825. John Markland. 
1829. Thomas McEuen. 
1857. George W. Harris. 

Treasurers- General. 

Elected. 

1783. Alexander McDougal. 

1784 

1787 

1790 

1799. William McPherson. 
1825. Allan McLane. 
1832. John Markland. 
1838. Joseph Warren Scott. 



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Assistant Treasurers- General. 

Elected. 

1825. Alexander W. Johnston. 
1829. John Markland. 
1832. Joseph "Warren Scott. 
1838. William Jackson. 
1851. John H. Markland. 
1863. John McDowell. 



At a meeting of the General Society, held in Phila- 
delphia 29th November, 1848, the Secretary-General, 
in conformity with the resolution of a previous meeting, 
requesting him to " collect from the minutes and 
proceedings of the Society, the different rules and 
regulations that have been from time to time adopted 
in regard to the election and tenure of members and 
officers," presented the following Report, which was 
adopted, and ordered to be printed for the use of 
members of the State Societies : 

" The Secretary-General reports : 

" That he has carefully examined all the minutes 
and proceedings of the Society in his possession, and 
respectfully submits the following as the result : 

" The Constitution, accepted by the Society in 1783, 
provides that the members shall consist of the officers 
of the American army, as well those who have resigned 
with honor, after three years' service in the capacity 
of officers, or who have been deranged by the resolu- 
tions of Congress, upon the several reforms of the 
Army, as. those who shall have continued to the end 
of the war. Those officers who are foreigners, not 



gg THE CINCINNATI. 

resident in any of the States, to have their names 
enrolled by the Secretary-General. And declares the 
Society shall endure as long as they endure, or any of 
their eldesl male posterity, and in failure thereof, the 
collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of 
becoming its supporters and members. 

" This last provision is extended in like manner to 
the descendants of such officers as had died in the 
service. 

" The admission of honorary members for tkeir own 
lives only, is also provided for by the constitution ; but 
they are not to exceed in number,in each State, a ratio 
of one to four of the officers or their descendants. 

" The same instrument directs, that " in the General 
Meeting, the President, Vice President, Secretary, 
Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, and Assistant Trea- 
surer-General, shall be chosen to serve until next 
meeting." 

" At the first General Meeting of the Society, held 
on 4th May, 1784, and continued by adjournment 
until 18th of said month, it was unanimously resolved, 
" That the manner of voting l*e by the representation 
of each Slate Society." Subsequently, at said meeting, 
material alterations in the constitution were agreed to, 
affecting (inter olid) the election and tenure of members 
and officers. These alterations, however, never re- 
ceived the sanction of the State Societies, as appears 
by the unanimous adoption, in General Meeting, in 
May, 1800, of the following report of a committee 
appointed to examine the records of the Society, and 
report to said meeting the state of the Institution, viz: 

" That the Institution of the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati remains as it was originally proposed and 
adopted by the officers of the American Army, at 



THE CINCINNATI. 69 

their cantonments on the banks of the Hudson, in 
1783." 

" Since the reacknowledgment of the original 
.Institution, the Secretary-General finds nothing touch- 
ing the election or tenure of members, except the 
following, extracted from the minutes of a General 
Meeting, held 4th May, 1829, viz : 

" A question having arisen, whether in case of the 
death of a member having no male issue except a 
grandson, the issue of a daughter, such grandchild 
shall be preferred to collaterals. The Society conceives 
the true construction of the constitution to be, that 
the grandchild shall be preferred, he being in the 
direct line of descent." 

" And in relation to the officers of the Society, he 
finds that since the substitution of special for stated 
Triennial Meetings, the officers have been chosen for 
three years, and thenceforward until a new election 
takes place." 

A. "W. Johnston, Secretary- General. 



70 THE CINCINNATI. 



A LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE NEW JER- 
SEY LIXE FROM 1775 TO 1783 INCLUSIVE. 



This list is incomplete : officers marked thus \ were original mem- 
bers of, or were represented in, the Society of the Cincinnati of New 
Jersey. 

Ephratm Anderson; Adjutant 2d; Captain 2d; 
killed in battle. 

f James Anderson ; Lieutenant. 

John Anderson ; Captain 4th. 

Joseph Anderson ; Captain 3d. 

William Anderson; Lieutenant. 

f Abraham Appleton; Surgeon's Mate 2d; Lieu- 
tenant 2d; Captain by brevet. 

Francis Baker ; Colonel. 
f Daniel Baldwin; Captain 1st; wounded. 
f Jeremiah Ballard; Captain 3d; wounded, 
f Francis Barber ; Major 3d ; Lieutenant Colonel 
3d ; wounded ; killed accidentally. 

William Barber ; Major and A. D. C. ; wounded. 

f WlLLIAM Bahnet; Surgeon 1st. 

f William Barton ; Lieutenant 1st; Captain. 

William Beach; Lieutenant. 

f John Bishop; Ensign 1st; Lieutenant. 

Black; Captain. 

f John Blair; Lieutenant 3d; Captain by brevet. 



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Jarvis Bloomfield ; Lieutenant 3d ; wounded. 

f Joseph Bloomfield; Captain 3d; Major 3d; 
wounded. 

William Bond ; Captain 4th. 

f Absalom Bonham; Lieutenant 1st; Captain by 
brevet. 

f James Bonnel; Lieutenant; Captain. 

f Nathaniel Bowman; Captain 2d; Major by 
brevet. 

f Seth Bowen ; Lieutenant Artillery. 

f David Brearly ; Lieutenant Colonel 4th. 

Joseph Brearly ; Captain 2d. 

James Broderick ; Captain. 

f Almarine Brooks ; Lieutenant. 

f Jeremiah Bruen ; Major. 

Thomas Buchanan; Captain 1st. 

f Joseph Buck; Lieutenant 2d; Captain by brevet. 

William Bull; Lieutenant. 

William Burnel ; Surgeon. 

John Burhance; Ensign 3d. 

Josiah Burnett; Ensign. 

f William Burnet ; Surgeon General. 

f Eden Burrows ; Lieutenant 1st ; Captain by 
brevet. 

f John Burrows ; Captain ; Major. 

James Caldwell ; Chaplain 3d ; killed in battle, 
f George Campbell ; Surgeon, 
f Jabez Campfield ; Surgeon. 
John Cape ; Lieutenant. 
Thomas Clark ; Lieutenant Artillery. 
Alexander Clough; Adjutant 1st; Major; killed 
in battle. 

William Colfax; Captain. 



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Thomas Combs; Captain. 

f John Conway; Captain 1st; Lieutenant Colonel 
1st; wounded. 

f Samuel Conn; Lieutenant 2d; Captain by brevet. 

Lewis Johnston Costigin ; Lieutenant 1st. 

f Richard Cox; Captain 3d; Brigade Major and 
Inspector. 

John Cozeno ; Captain. 

William Crane; Lieutenant; wounded. 

John Craig ; Captain. • 

| John Noble Cummins; Captain 2d; Major 2d; 
Colonel. 

Archibald Dallas; Captain 4th; killed in battle. 

f Ephraim Darby ; Quartermaster 4th ; Quarter- 
master 3d ; Captain by brevet. 

f Elias Dayton ; Colonel 3d ; Brigadier General. 

f Jonathan Dayton ; Paymaster 3d ; Captain 3d ; 
prisoner of war. 

James De Camp ; Ensign 3d. 

f Cyrus DeHart; Captain; Lieutenant 1st; Pay- 
master 1st ; Captain. 

"William De Hart ; Major 1st; Lieutenant Colonel 
1st ; Lieutenant Colonel 2d. 

Daniel Denniston ; Lieutenant. 

Peter Dickerson ; Captain 3d. 

James Dillon ; Captain 2d. 

f John Doughty ; Captain Artillery. 

Francis Duclos ; Lieutenant; prisoner of war. 

| Lewis Dunham ; Surgeon 3d. 

fEBENBZER Elmer; Lieutenant 3d; Surgeon's 
Mate 2d ; Surgeon 2d. 

| Eli Elmer; Lieutenant Artillery. 



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f Moses Elmer ; Surgeon's Mate 2d. 

Benjamin Esdel ; Ensign. 

Richard Esdel ; Captain ; Lieutenant. 

f Peter Falkner ; Lieutenant. 
William Falkner ; Captain 2d. 
John Flahaven ; Captain ; prisoner of war. 
Samuel Flanagan ; Captain 3d. 
f Chilion Ford ; Lieutenant Artillery, 
f Mahlon Ford ; Captain by brevet, 
f Jonathan Forman; Captain 4th ; Captain 1st; 
Lieutenant Colonel. 

John Forman ; Captain 1st. 
Henry Fries ; Lieutenant ; prisoner of war. 
Frederick Frelinghuysen ; Captain Artillery, 
f David Furman ; Colonel. 

John Geary; Ensign 1st. 
Finch Geldersleeve ; Ensign. 
William Glfford ; Captain 3d. 
f James Giles ; Lieutenant Artillery. 

f Luther Halsey ; Adjutant 2d ; Captain by brevet. 
Matthias Halstead ; Quartermaster 1st. 
John Hammett; Lieutenant, 
f Jacob Harris ; Surgeon's Mate 4th ; Surgeon. 
Thomas Hays ; Lieutenant ; killed in battle, 
f James Heard ; Captain, 
f John Heard ; Captain. 

f William Helms ; Captain 2d; Major by brevet. 
Garretson Hendrickson ; Lieutenant. 
f Samuel Hendry; Captain 2d. 
Cornelius Hennion; Lieutenant; wounded, 
f John Hollinshead ; Captain 2d; Major. 
James Holmes; Surgeon 2d. 
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74 



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f Jonathan Holmes; Lieutenant 2d ; Captain; pri- 
soner of war. 

James Holmes; Captain 4th. 

| John Holmes ; Captain ; Lieutenant 1st ; Captain 

1st. 

"William Holmes ; Captain 2d. 

Levi Holden ; Captain. 

f John Hopper ; Lieutenant. 

Benjamin Horn ; Lieutenant 3d. 

f John Howell ; Lieutenant 1st ; Captain. 

Silas Howell ; Captain 1st. 

t Kichard Howell ; Captain 2d ; Major 2d. 

Lewis Howell ; Surgeon 2d. 

Samuel Hugg ; Captain Artillery. 

f Andrew Hunter ; Brigade Chaplain ; prisoner 
of war. 

John Hutchin ; Lieutenant ; prisoner of war. 

James Hurley ; Lieutenant ; killed in battle. 

f Jacob Hyer ; Lieutenant. 

William Eugene Imlay ; Captain 3d. 

James Johnson ; Ensign. 
Philip Johnson ; Colonel. 
Seth Johnson ; Captain 3d. 
Nathaniel Jenkins ; Lieutenant 2d. 

f William Kersey; Lieutenant 3d; Captain by 
brevet. 

Joseph King ; Adjutant 4th. 

f John Kinney ; Captain by brevet. 

Jonathan Kinsey ; Captain 4th. 

David Kirkpatrick ; Ensign. 

| Suepard Kollock; Captain by brevet. 



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f Derick Lane ; Lieutenant 2d ; Quartermaster 2d ; 
Captain. 

James Lawrie ; Captain 2d ; prisoner of war ; died 
in prison. 

f Nathaniel Leonard; Captain; Lieutenant 3d; 
Captain. 

Asher Levi ; Ensign 1st. 

Bateman Lloyd ; Captain 3d ; prisoner of war. 

t Richard Lloyd. 

Elias Longstreet ; Captain 1st ; prisoner of war. 

EphraimLoring; Surgeon's Mate 3d. 

Joseph Lindsay ; Captain. 

Peter Lott ; Lieutenant 1st ; Quartermaster 1st. 

f Francis Luce ; Lieutenant. 

Abraham Lyon ; Captain 4th. 

f Absalom Martin ; Paymaster 4th ; Lieutenant 
1st; Captain; wounded. 

Ephraim Martin ; Colonel 4th ; wounded. 

William Maxwell ; Colonel 2d ; Brigadier General. 

Anthony Maxwell ; Ensign. 

John Mason; Chaplain. 

John McEwen ; Ensign. 

George McFarland ; Ensign. 

Andrew McMires ; Captain 1st ; killed in battle. 

Joseph Meeker ; Captain 1st. 

Uzal Meeker ; Ensign. 

f Giles Mead ; Captain 1st. 

John Mercer ; Lieutenant ; prisoner of war. 

f Alexander Mitchell ; Captain 1st. 

Monnell ; Lieutenant. 

Isaac Morrison ; Captain ; wounded. 
Thomas Morrell ; Major 4th ; wounded. 
John Mott ; Captain 3d. 



7i; THE CINCINNATI. 

Joseph Morris; Captain 1st; Major 1st; killed in 
battle. 

Samuel Naglee; Lieutenant 2d. 
Abraham Neely; Captain. 

Daniel Xeil ; Captain Lieutenant Artillery ; killed 
in battle. 

William Norcross; Quartermaster 3d. 
George JSTorris ; Lieutenant. . 

t Aaron Ogden; Paymaster 1st; Captain 1st; Bri- 
gade Major; wounded. 

f Matthias Ogden ; Lieutenant Colonel 1st ; Colo- 
nel 1st ; Brigadier General ; prisoner of war ; wounded. 

Moses Ogden ; Lieutenant ; killed in battle. 

\Villiam Oliver ; Lieutenant. 

John Orr; Lieutenant. 

Alexander Orr ; Lieutenant. 

fBENAJAH Osman; Quartermaster 2d; Captain by 
brevet ; prisoner of war. 

Bono Otto; Surgeon, i 

Silas Parrott ; Lieutenant 1st. 

Thomas I'aterson; Captain 3d. 

James Paul; Lieutenant 2d; prisoner of war; 
wounded. 

Samuel Paul ; Lieutenant 2d. 

II. Pawling; Major. 

Jonathan Pearson ; Captain. 

f John Peck ; Paymaster 2d ; Captain by brevet. 

t Robert Pemberton ; Lieutenant. 

f "William Sanford Pennington; Captain by bre- 
vet; wounded. 

Joseph Periam ; Quartermaster 1st. 



THE CINCINNATI. 77 

t Jonathan Phillips ; Captain 2d. 
John Phillips; Ensign, 
t Jacob Piatt; Adjutant 1st; Captain 1st. 
f William Piatt ; Captain 1st. 
Daniel Piatt; Captain 1st; Major 1st. 
f John Polhemus ; Captain 1st. 
Samuel Potter ; Captain 3d. 

John Quay; Lieutenant. 

t John Read ; Ensign. 

f Samuel Reading; Captain 2d; Major; prisoner 
of war. 

Thomas Reading ; Captain 3d. 

f Anthony Reckless ; Lieutenant. 

f John Reed ; Lieutenant 3d ; Captain by brevet. 

Thomas Reed ; Surgeon's Mate 3d. 

f John Rencastle ; Lieutenant 3d ; Captain by bre- 
vet; wounded. 

f Jonathan Rhea ; Lieutenant 2d ; Captain by bre- 
vet. 

David Rhea; Major 2d; Lieutenant Colonel 2d. 

Aaron Rhea ; Ensign 1st ; wounded. 

John Berrien Riker ; Surgeon 4th. 

Robert Robertson ; Lieutenant ; wounded. 

James Rogers ; Lieutenant ; killed in battle. 

Robert; Lieutenant. 

Alexander Ross ; Surgeon. 

f John Ross; Captain 3d; Major 3d; wounded. 

Thomas Ryerson ; Lieutenant ; prisoner of war. 

Nathaniel Salmon ; Ensign. 
John Santford ; Captain. 
"William Schenck ; Lieutenant. 



78 THE CINCINNATI. 

Peter Sears ; Lieutenant. 

f Moses Scott ; Surgeon. 

John B. Scott ; Captain 2d. 

Samuel Shepherd; Adjutant 3d. 

f Samuel Seeley ; Lieutenant 1st; Captain by brevet. 

Isaac Sherman ; Lieutenant Colonel. 

Archibald Shaw ; Captain 2d. 

Anthony Sharp ; Captain 3d. 

t Samuel Shute ; Lieutenant 2d ; Captain by brevet. 

f William Shute ; Paymaster 2d ; Captain 2d. 

f John Shreve ; Lieutenant 2d. 

f Israel Shreve ; Lieutenant Colonel 2d ; Colonel 
2d; wounded. 

Buddell Shinn; Quartermaster 2d. 

Andrew Simpson ; Ensign. 

"William Smith ; Lieutenant Colonel. 

f Jonathan Snowden ; Lieutenant 1st ; wounded. 

f Moses Sprowle; Lieutenant. 

James Sprowle; Lieutenant; killed in battle. 

f Oliver Spencer ; Colonel. 

John Sparks; Captain. 

f Abraham Stout ; Lieutenant 2d ; Captain by 
brevet ; prisoner of war ; wounded. 

f Wessel Tenbrook Stout ; Lieutenant 3d ; Cap- 
tain by brevet ; wounded. 

Joseph Stout; Captain 2d; killed in battle. 

Henry Stricker ; Ensign. 

John Stagg ; Ensign. 

The Earl of Stirling ; Colonel 1st ; Major General. 

f Cornelius Sydam ; Lieutenant. 

Peter Tallman ; Ensign. 

f Edmund Disney Thomas ; Lieutenant 3d ; Captain 
by brevet. 



THE CINCINNATI. 79 

Thompson ; Captain Lieutenant ; killed in 

battle. 

Nathan Tom ; Captain. 

f William Tuttle ; Lieutenant. 

John Van Anglen ; Captain. 

John Van Dyke ; Lieutenant Artillery. 

Peter Voorhees ; Captain 1st ; killed in battle. 

Noadiah Wade ; Captain 4th. 

f George Walker ; Lieutenant 2d ; Captain by 
brevet. 

Benjamin Weatherby ; Captain. 

Peter Welch ; Lieutenant. 

John Westcott ; Captain Lieutenant Artillery. 

f Abel Weyman ; Captain Lieutenant 2d ; Captain. 

f Anthony Walton White ; Lieutenant Colonel 
3d; wounded. 

fEpHRAiM Whitlock; Lieutenant 1st; Adjutant 
1st ; Captain by brevet. 

Nathan Wilkerson ; Quartermaster 3d. 

William Winds ; Colonel 1st. 

James Witherspoon; Brigade Major; killed in 
Rattle. 

Ephraim Woodruff ; Lieutenant. 



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